The leading expert on bone injuries in court cases on baby deaths has referred himself to the General Medical Council after a High Court judge accused him of having “a closed mind” and making “a number of repeated mistakes.”12
In a High Court family division case last year, Mr Justice Keehan said that David Mangham was “currently the only forensic consultant histopathologist accepting instructions in cases of suspicious death and/or inflicted injuries in this country.” The judge added, “The consequences of this state of affairs, however, is that he has a huge workload.”
Doubts over his evidence in criminal cases have since come to light. Three …
